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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released what is believed to be an industry first airborne noise emission notation (ABN) and ShipRight procedure to meet increasing demand for a standard and methodology to control…

28th March 2019

Airborne noise notation for ships in ports

28th March 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The organisation behind an ambitious global initiative to implement major environmental changes to achieve sustainability in port cities by 2030 faces one of its biggest challenges this year in co-ordinating how its…

27th March 2019

Port stakeholders step up to 2030 challenge

27th March 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the UK, a no-deal Brexit initiative under which lorries going to the Port of Dover are granted access to an entire side of a motorway has witnessed a number of collisions…

27th March 2019

Multiple crashes in Dover Op Brock initiative

27th March 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has completed a project to improve safety and protect native flora and fauna by removing derelict boats and structures along the Fraser River.

27th March 2019

Vancouver completes river improvement project

27th March 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The organisation behind an ambitious global initiative to implement major environmental changes to achieve sustainability in port cities by 2030 faces one of its biggest challenges this year in co-ordinating how its…

27th March 2019

Port stakeholders step up to 2030 challenge

27th March 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port Authority of Douala (PAD) has launched a restricted international tendering to select a new concessioner for the renovation, modernisation, operation and maintenance of the container terminal at the Port of…

26th March 2019

Douala container terminal put to tender

26th March 2019

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Corvus Energy will supply the energy storage system (ESS) for 20 battery-hybrid RTG cranes designed by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE) and to be used in Chinese ports.

26th March 2019

Corvus Energy cuts Chinese port emissions

26th March 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Excelerate Energy’s floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate has undergone maintenance work ahead of its journey to the Bay of Bengal to serve as Bangladesh’s second FRSU.

26th March 2019

Second LNG FRSU for Bangladesh

26th March 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

US-headquartered firm Navis has announced the launch of its Compass visual workflow-management application.

25th March 2019

Navis reveals new workflow application

25th March 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Port of Antwerp is taking the next step in the transition to alternative energy sources and becoming a carbon-neutral port by leading a new pilot project which aims to produce 4,000-8,000t…

25th March 2019

Pioneering sustainable methanol project

25th March 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Cargotec company Navis has launched Navis Smart, delivering new ways, according to the firm, for container terminals and carriers to capture and process the abundance of sector data available to optimise planning,…

25th March 2019

Navis Smart launched at Navis World 2019

25th March 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Grupa LOTOS and PGNiG have carried out the first LNG bunkering operations in the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia and helped promote the use of LNG in the Baltic Sea.

25th March 2019

First LNG bunkering in Polish ports

25th March 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

As APM Terminals has recently found to its cost, sentiment can trump both plans and contracts, especially when it concerns automation at Los Angeles.

25th March 2019

Redefining ‘impact’: LA’s automation debate

25th March 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Montreal’s Viau Terminal will explore equipment and infrastructure electrification to improve its efficiency and reduce emissions.

22nd March 2019

Montreal investing in electrification

22nd March 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority’s Thames Vision seeks sustainability in the port and environment. Environment manager Tanya Ferry explains how it works

21st March 2019

Port of London Authority targets biodiversity

21st March 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Project NEPTUNES is launching a best practice guide for ports on measuring, labelling and mitigating noise emissions of vessels at ports.

21st March 2019

Noise emissions best practise guide launches

21st March 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The world’s largest bunker supply vessel for LNG has conducted the first LNG bunker supply operation for Destination Gotland’s newbuild ferry Visborg at the ferry pier of Sweden’s Port of Visby.

21st March 2019

First bunkering for ferry at Port of Visby

21st March 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The total economic value that US coastal ports provide, in terms of revenue to businesses, personal income and economic output by exporters and importers, has risen 17% in the last five years,…

21st March 2019

Dramatic hike in US ports economic impact

21st March 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

Petitioning behind the scenes by global operators trying to get a foothold in Kenya’s Port of Mombasa has increased following reports that government is eager to concession its container terminal.

20th March 2019

Operators campaign more for Mombasa business

20th March 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), an agency of the UK Government, has commissioned a marine consultant to map shipping’s value to help underpin the development of port marine plan policies.

20th March 2019

New tool to aid UK port policy development

20th March 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port operator PSA International has joined forces with Australian investment management firm IFM Investors and the Polish Development Fund (PFR) to acquire the Port of Gdansk’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk),…

20th March 2019

PSA Intl takes first steps in Eastern Europe

20th March 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

As Italy prepares to be the first G7 country to sign a Belt and Road initiative MOU with China, a port analyst has questioned whether Chinese investment will distort the ports market.

20th March 2019

China MOU could create market distortion

20th March 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Fleet Cleaner has performed the hull cleaning of the largest vessel in the world at the Port of Rotterdam without downtime and despite stormy weather.

20th March 2019

World’s largest ship undergoes hull cleaning

20th March 2019